FEBRUARY 2024 UPDATE
- Feb 1, 2024
- 3 min read
Announcing two new Somatic IFS Programs! A Step 1 Somatic IFS retreat near Philadelphia in October, and a Step 2 online Somatic IFS Clinical Training from November - January.
Exciting updates!
A warm welcome to all of you who are new to receiving this newsletter and wishes for well-being to all. I am excited to tell you about these two new programs open to those who have completed at least an IFS Level 1 training. I will be leading a Step 1 Somatic IFS retreat near Philadelphia in October, and a Step 2 online Somatic IFS Clinical Training from November to January.
The Somatic IFS (Step 1) Retreat will be October 22-29, 2024 at Pendle Hill, a Quaker retreat center near Philadelphia. This 30-hour retreat focuses on our embodiment as we explore our inner systems with the five practices of Somatic IFS. This Somatic IFS retreat is open to those who have completed an IFS Level 1 Training and is limited to 30 participants. For more information, to register your interest, or to be directed to the full registration form, click https://www.souliology.com/sifs
30 IFS CE Credits are available for this Somatic IFS Step 1 Program.
Pendle Hill is located close to the Philadelphia airport on 24 tranquil acres in the heart of a Quaker community. Pendle Hill offers a relaxing “world apart” yet is within easy reach by car, plane, bus, and train. Pendle Hill’s vision – “to create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives.”
SAVE THE DATES
for the Somatic IFS (Step 2) Online Winter 2024 Training:
November 14, 15, 21, 22;
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20;
January 9, 10, 16 from 9 am-12:30 pm CT.
For those who have completed both an IFS Level 1 Training and a Somatic IFS Step 1 program, this 54-hour training brings Somatic IFS Therapy to your clinical work. In addition to the online Thursday and Friday sessions there will be an additional 15 hours of pre-recorded didactic presentations. The whole group meets on Thursdays for discussion and demonstrations, and the Supervised Practice Groups meet on Fridays led by experienced SIFS staff.
Registration for my 54-hour Step 2, Somatic IFS Training will open in early March. If you're interested in participating, you can already express your interest through Souliology. Once there, select "54hr Somatic IFS Training with Susan McConnell," from the drop-down menu to register your interest. They will then notify you once formal registration is open.
Shortly after I last wrote to you all, I learned of the sudden resignation of my beloved administrator, Kim Martin. I have come to appreciate even more all that she has done to help bring Somatic IFS to the world. I share this information with you to welcome your prayers for her healing journey and also as an explanation for the delay in announcing my 2024 fall and winter programs and other lapses from my flailing in the absence of Kim’s administrative support.
I am relieved and delighted that my SIFS programs will be organized by the capable and loving hands of Ciara McGriskin. After participating in a SIFS retreat in Costa Rica, Ciara returned to Ireland and immediately she and her husband Paul decided to organize retreats for IFS leaders. Souliology, their business, has organized retreats in Ireland and Malta for well over a dozen IFS Trainers. Her stated wish is that I only have to show up and teach and she will handle the rest, which sounds marvelous to me. Souliology is the organizer of my retreat in Ireland this past October, my upcoming retreat in Malta this April, the upcoming retreat in Philadelphia in October, and the Online Training this fall and winter.
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I am also happy to let you know of Somatic IFS programs offered by my staff. A 5-Day Somatic IFS Retreat will be led by Certified IFS and Somatic IFS therapists and SIFS staff members Marcella Cox, LMFT, and LaDonna Silva, LMFT. This immersive transformational experience will be held on May 15-19, 2024 at the Red Mountain Resort in Ivins, Utah.
For more information about this immersive transformational experience, and to be notified of when registration opens, visit https://www.kindfulbody.com/somatic-ifs-retreat
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The previously advertised March Bali retreat with SIFS staff member LaDonna Silva has been rescheduled for November 1-8th, 2024. For more information visit https://lifearchitect.com/ifs-and-breathwork-retreat-in-bali/
Get the Book!
Somatic Internal Family Systems: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement and Touch in Practice introduces a new therapeutic modality that blends principles of somatic therapy--like movement, touch, and breathwork--with the traditional tools of the Internal Family Systems framework. Broadening the benefits and applications of the IFS model, author Susan McConnell introduces 5 core practices with clinical applications that include the treatment of depression, trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, chronic illness, and attachment disorders.
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